The Home Machinist!

I'm troubled by the comment that the additional feed doesn't result in a cut. Something, somewhere, isn't secure, or the tip of the threading tool is badly rounded. While I agree that a carbide threading tool is capable of performing to satisfaction, one of the places it will fall short is in extrac...

Readers, I get countless requests for help on the board, and am happy to help, but please don't ask questions of me without providing at least a little guidance. I can't read your mind, and it is too time consuming for me to search the board in the hopes of finding the exact post or thread about whi...

Fact. If grinding tools is uncomfortable, you're likely to never master the technique. Raising the height of a grinder is a reasonable start. Mine is taller than those found on a bench. I learned as much from working in a job shop as I did working in the missile industry. In a job shop, you make do ...

One thing that may be the problem is a bad solder connection. If that's the cause, you may be able to see it visually (I've had this problem, but with other equipment), so take a close look at all solder joints involved. A broken or bad connection will likely look dirty, due to the sparking that is ...

Nice! A great solution to your problem.
Amazing what can be done by hand when necessary.

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Thanks, Jim. I found the site and looked at one video. I'll get back to them as time allows until I find the one you mentioned. Anything I can view that will help me better understand induction melting is always welcome.

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You might consider exploring 7014. Much easier to clean up than 6011.

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Thanks! I'll explore the software. I'm near getting my induction furnace operational, and I don't have any real experience in mold making, so these should be quite useful to me.

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SPSteam2491 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 19, 2019 3:41 pm

Nice! I used metal flow software for castings

Hmmm. I'm not familiar with such software. Do you have a little time to discuss it a little? Perhaps a name of the software, if not?

Thanks

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I've never gotten around to building a rest for my bench grinder. If your experiences parallel mine, you should end up quite talented. I've told the story before, but long ago. I was introduced to no rest grinding when I took the last job I held. By then, I had about 8½ years in the (commercial) sh...

No back rake visible in the video. If you're making reference to the video above, he starts out without back and side rake, but addresses those features later in the video. I use a die grinder to add a chipbreaker. Any way you can create the desired chip breaker is more than acceptable, but the chi...

In a recent project I had to modify a couple of flex sockets for use in the setup. What I learned is that they are surface hardened, and will cut if you can get beneath the skin. I'm not suggesting that yours will be the same, but they may be. Does this lend itself to grinding? If so, you might cons...